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Lagrange

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La·grange  (l-grnj, -gränj, lä-gräzh), Comte Joseph Louis 1736-1813.
French mathematician and astronomer. He developed the calculus of variations (1755) and made a number of other contributions to the study of mechanics.
Lagrange (French) [lagrɑ̃ʒ]
n
(Biographies / Lagrange, Joseph Louis (1736-1813) M, French, SCIENCE: mathematician, SCIENCE: astronomer) Comte Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1736-1813, French mathematician and astronomer, noted particularly for his work on harmonics, mechanics, and the calculus of variations
Lagrangian  [ləˈgreɪndʒɪən] adj


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It's right mean that Fairfax and Mattingly had to go down to Lagrange on some low business yesterday, but they'll be back to-morrow.
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Late in the evening a skirmishing party of the French and a skirmishing party of the Germans had met, by accident, near the little village of Lagrange, close to the German frontier.
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